Michael Hewson Crawford (born 7 December 1939) is a British ancient historian and numismatist.
Having taught at Christ's College, Cambridge and the University of Cambridge, he was Professor of Ancient History at University College London from 1986 until he retired in 2005.
In 1964, Crawford was elected a research fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
He continued to undertake some teaching in the Department of History and works on Projet Volterra.
In 1964/65, Crawford was Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow at Princeton University.